PFA_Book1.pdf

BEFORE WE BEGIN

Just in case you didn’t read the Introductory ebook

(PDF INTRO-Contents.pdf)

I would like to remind you of what you are going to

discover in each book and how the Pianoforall

process works.

It is important that you know WHY you are playing

each exercise or tune and where each step is

leading you to...

The Pianoforall Process

Traditional piano instruction generally begins with Sight Reading (being taught to

memorize other peoples musical compositions using musical notation) Unfortunately,

this is an extremely laborious process and many accomplished ‘sight readers’ have no

idea about how to play by ear or how the music they can sight read is constructed in

the first place.

To do this they have to learn about chords and harmony.

Pianoforall works the other way round. You build a solid foundation using chords, ‘real’

sounding rhythms and grooves and then you BUILD on top of that and learn to play by

ear and sight read along the way.

BOOKS 1 TO 4 - LAY THE FOUNDATION

The secret to learning piano in the shortest time possible is to start with CHORDS.

Even if you don’t like to ‘sing-a-long’ with chords or you already have some

knowledge of chords I still urge you to work through books 1 to 4.

There are some TERRIFIC party rhythms and the knowledge you gain will be

invaluable. Pianoforall uses lots of memory tricks and formulas to speed up the learning

process.

BOOKS 5 to 10 - BUILD ON THAT FOUNDATION

With the foundation laid the sky is the limit. Ballads, Jazz, Blues, Ragtime,

Improvisation, composing melodies, Classical sight reading ALL become SO much

easier when you have a solid foundation in chords, rhythm and basic harmony.

You have to learn to walk

before you can run..

The 10 Classic Rhythms you are about to learn

are REAL rhythms

But because this is book 1 they are in their most BASIC form

so that complete beginners can play them.

As you progress you will learn how to embellish these rhythms

with extra little touches that will make them far more ‘musical’

As your ‘ear’ develops you will also be able to

add melody lines TO these rhythms.

But - you have to start somewhere.

Your mission in book one is to make even these

BASIC chords and rhythms sing and swing!

If a rhythm sounds bland - figure out how to spice it up..

alter the beat slightly - vary the loudness -

put more of an accent on certain beats -

add in your own touches if you can - experiment

But above all - make SURE you know these chords

and rhythms BEFORE you move on.

The 10 Rhythms in this book are the basic underlying rhythms

used in nearly EVERY popular tune ever written

LEARN them well and they will serve you well..

NOTE!

Song Examples & Chord Progressions

In books 1 to 4 I have used various short

chord progressions in the style of popular tunes as practice

for the various Chords and Rhythms you are learning.

This helps you learn your Chords, Rhythms and Patterns

in as interesting a way as possible

Keeping Pianoforall AFFORDABLE

If I used complete sheet music / lyrics I would have to

charge TEN times the price for Pianoforall to pay for the royalties

Since people already often HAVE song books and

sheet music and they can easily find music on the internet

I thought it was preferable to give you examples

and then leave it up to you to seek out the full song

Downloading the FULL songs

If you like a particular progression and want to play the full

song you can easily purchase songs online at the following sites

(Very often you can view the first page absolutely FREE)

http://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/

http://www.musicnotes.com/

http://www.musicroom.com/

http://www.freesheetmusicguide.com/

OR - type in “Download Sheet Music” into Google

alon with the name of the song you are looking for

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